In the early 1990s the Nibela community was given permission to use gill nets as part of an experiment. Then in 1998, shortly before the St Lucia World Heritage Site was established, the authorities made a u-turn on gill-netting and stopped issuing these fishing permits but there was no communication with the community as to the reason for the termination of this project. The community has for the past two decades been repeatedly prevented from fishing in the lake. Photo: Stock
Fish populations tend to do better in places where rigorous fisheries management practices are used, and the more measures employed, the better for fish populations and food production, according to a new paper published in Nature Sustainability.
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